Absolute cross-section measurements of inner-shell ionization

Cross section ratios for K- and L-shell ionization of thin silver and gold targets by positron and electron impact have been determined at projectile energies of 30–70 keV. The experimental results are confirmed by calculations in plane wave Born approximation (PWBA) which include an electron exchange term and account for the deceleration or acceleration of the incident projectile in the nuclear field of the target atom. We report first absolute cross sections for K- and L-shell ionization of silver and gold targets by lepton impact in the threshold region. We have measured the corresponding cross sections for electron (e^–) impact with an electron gun and the same experimental set-up.     

Absolute total cross-section measurements for electron scattering from silicon tetrachloride, SiCl, molecules

The absolute total cross-sections for electron scattering on SiCl₄ molecules have been measured in two distinct electron-transmission experiments, in Gdansk and in Trento laboratory, for impact energy ranging from 0.3 to 250 eV and from 75 to 4000 eV, respectively. The e^--SiCl₄ total cross-section function shows two very distinct resonant-like features: the strong peak at 1.9 eV and much broader main maximum centered near 10 eV with some additional substructure close to 5 eV. The present results are compared with low-energy total experimental data and elastic theoretical calculations for electron collisions with silicon tetrachloride molecules.     

Thick target technique for proton induced ionisation cross-section measurements—a re-evaluation

The potential of the thick target technique for the measurement of proton induced ionisation cross-section is re-examined. The usefulness of this technique is compared with that of the thin target technique. For medium Z elements and proton energies of above 1 MeV the thick target approach is found to produceK-shell ionisation cross-sections which are comparable in accuracy with those obtained from thin target measurements.     

Analyzing statistical errors for measurements of Brillouin scattering by the edge technique

The signal estimate and statistical uncertainty in the measurements of Brillouin shift by the edge technique are analyzed in detail. A signal to noise parameter factor is introduced and is used to discuss the statistical uncertainty in the measurements. The effect of signal averaging and the effect due to background noise are analyzed. Some helpful conclusions are predicted. PACS 42.68.Wt; 42.79.Qx; 78.35.+c     

On the technique of absolutization of diffuse scattering intensity measurements based on thermal diffuse scattering measurements

Features of microdefect (MD) formation in GaAs(Si) single crystals grown by horizontally oriented crystallization were studied by X-ray diffuse scattering (XRDS). Measurements were performed at room temperature (∼298 K) and near the liquid nitrogen evaporation temperature (∼85 K) using an open-flow cooling nitrogen cryostat. A practical technique for measuring XRDS using a triple-axis X-ray diffractometer was developed and applied to separate scattering on defects and thermal diffuse scattering. For a crystal with n = 2.0 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³, the radius of detected nonspherical MDs was determined as ∼0.2 μm; thermal diffuse scattering (TDS) was experimentally separated. For a crystal with n = 3.9 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³, nonspherical MDs ∼0.5 μm in radius were detected; TDS was found to be a negligible fraction of total XRDS. At the same time, in the case of coinciding crystal orientations and identical experimental conditions, TDS measurement data for one crystal can be used for other GaAs(Si) crystals with the same orientation.     

Absolute (p, xn) cross-section measurements on 232Th

Excitation functions have been measured for both the (p, 6n) and (p, 7n) reactions on ²³²Th at incident energies up to 100 MeV using the external beam of the McGill synchrocyclotron. The natural activity of the target material is used to determine the target thickness, making it unnecessary to use monitor foils, or to carry out chemical separations following bombardment. The shape of both excitation functions is consistent with the prediction of the Jackson model. If fission competition is taken into account the observed cross sections are in reasonable quantitative agreement with the theoretical predictions. The (p, 6n) excitation function is found to be in disagreement with a number of earlier measurements.     

Transmittance ratio constrained retrieval technique for lidar cirrus measurements

This letter describes a lidar retrieval technique that uses the transmittance ratio as a constraint to determine an average lidar ratio as well as extinction and backscatter coefficients of transparent cirrus clouds. The cloud transmittance ratio is directly obtained from two adjacent elastic lidar backscatter signals. The technique can be applied to cirrus measurements where neither the molecular scattering dominant signals above and below the cloud layer are found nor cloudfree reference profiles are available. The technique has been tested with simulated lidar signals and applied to backscatter lidar measurements at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia.     

Experimental measurements of non-Gaussian scattering by a fractal diffuser

We report measurements of the statistics of intensity scintillations of 10.6 μm CO₂ radiation scattered by a two-dimensional fractal phase screen. The surface profile of the phase screen is measured and shown to have a Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension of approximately 1.4. Measurements of the on-axis intensity fluctuations as a function of illuminated spot size in both the Fresnel and Fraunhofer region are presented. This fractal scatterer does not produce the high contrast values found in speckle patterns of smoothlyvarying surfaces. Both direct and heterodyne detection results are reported. Measurements of the average intensity as a function of angle are also presented, and illustrate the failure of theoretical models which assume a Gaussian phase autocorrelation function.     

Frequency-domain technique for optical property measurements in moderately scattering media

We demonstrate a reflection geometry frequency-domain technique that is suitable for measurement of the optical properties of a medium with moderate scatter and absorption (mu(s) and mu(a) ~ 1 m(-1)). Variations in absorption and scatter produce opposing tends in the amplitude signal and common trends in the phase signal, allowing unique determination of absorption and scattering coefficients for a given phase function. An analytical model based on single-scattering events gives good agreement with experimental measurements.     

Temperature measurements by coherent Rayleigh scattering

We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, the utility of coherent Rayleigh scattering (CRS) for temperature measurements in low-density gases and weakly ionized plasmas by measuring the translational temperature of neutral argon in a glow discharge. By analysis of the near-Gaussian spectral profile of the CRS signal, we determine temperatures with an uncertainty of 相似文献   

Absolute negative resistance induced by directional electron-electron scattering in a two-dimensional electron gas

A three-terminal device formed by two electrostatic barriers crossing an asymmetrically patterned two-dimensional electron gas displays an unusual potential depression at the middle contact, yielding absolute negative resistance. The device displays momentum and current transfer ratios that far exceed unity. The observed reversal of the current or potential in the middle terminal can be interpreted as the analog of Bernoulli's effect in a Fermi liquid. The results are explained by directional scattering of electrons in two dimensions.     

Absolute double differential ionization cross-section for electron impact: He

Summary A complete set of absolute double differential cross-section (DDCS) for electron impact ionization of helium has been measured at an incident energyE ₀=500 eV. The angular distributions of the ejected and scattered electrons between 40 and 435.5 eV have been measured over the angular range of (10÷145)^o. This work supplements the mapping of DDCS for ejected electron energies close to (E ₀−IP)/2 (IP is the He 1s ionization energy), a region where the experimental data are fragmentary. The possibility of representing the full Bethe surface with a simple functional form is investigated. To speed up publication, the authors of this paper have agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.     

Tissue scattering parameter estimation through scattering phase function measurements by goniometer

An automated optical system is built up to perform goniometric measurement of scattering phase function.Measurements of typical samples including monodisperse polystyrene micro-spheres solution, and mutlidisperse polystyrene micro-spheres solution are carried out in a dark room. The possibility of estimating the average particle size of phantom through analyzing its scattering phase function is demonstrated.     

Temperature dependence of the scattering cross-section of electrons by dislocations in metals

The temperature dependence of the additional electrical resistivity caused by the dislocations inserted into the metal has been measured on poly-and single copper, molybdenum and zinc specimens. In all the cases this dependence was found to have the shape of a step, the position of which on the temperature scale does not depend on the degree and type of deformation. The possibilities are discussed for such a dependence to be caused by the temperature variation of the scattering cross-section of electrons by dislocations either by joining of the non-elastic scattering on quasi-localphonon modes or by a change in the elastic part due to the filling of electron levels on dislocations.     

Effect of density-dependent nucleon-nucleon cross-section on elastic scattering

A linear form of density-dependent total nucleon-nucleon (NN) cross-section that depends on the coordinates of the projectile and target is applied in the Glauber phase shift formula. The only free parameter in these calculations is the density-dependent parameter , which is adjusted to obtain an agreement between the calculated angular distribution of the elastic-scattering cross-section and the corresponding experimental one. The elastic scattering of the ¹²C ion on the ¹²C ion target has been studied at incident energies of 300, 360, 1016, 1441 and 2400 MeV. The total reaction cross-section is also calculated with the obtained value of for the same reactions. The obtained values of are compared with those obtained from the optical-model analysis as well as those of the experimental value. Nuclear transparency effects are also discussed. Generally, the density-dependent NN cross-section improves the calculated results.Received: 11 February 2003, Revised: 8 July 2003, Published online: 26 January 2004PACS: 24.10.-i Nuclear-reaction models and methods - 25.70.-z Low and intermediate energy heavy-ion reactions